Former DMDK MLA, P Sivakozhundhu (55) was booked for allegedly assaulting the duty doctor after he had taken his four-year-old grandson, who was bitten by a stray dog in the face, to the hospital on Saturday night (stated that source). Followed by the complaint, ex-MLA, with his supporters, staged a protest in front of the duty doctor′s room claiming that the duty doctor asked them to clean the injured area. When questioned, the duty doctor started to take a video of them.

Later, the Panruti police pacified the ex-MLA, broke up the protest, and cleared his supporters from the premises. Meanwhile, based on a complaint from the doctor S Vijayalakshmi (37), the police filed a case against Mr. Sivakozhundhu under five sections of the IPC including section 332 (Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), and 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty). 

According to sources from the locality, the public had already raised many complaints about the duty doctors at the hospital saying they were not attending to patients directly and the nursing staff was only doing the work. A video of Sivakozhundhu arguing with the duty doctor had gone viral on social media.